Toy



July 1935- F. D. JAMES 2,009,319

TOY

Filed Nov. 5, 1954 f70ya lJd/Was v ATTORNEY Patented July 23, 1935 I UNITED STATES M t I r 2,009,315" Floyd D. James, San Antonio, Tex. Y"

Applic This invention relates to toy gliders or aero-' planes and a catapult therefor and has for the primary object the provision of a device which may be propelled with great force and is capable of maintaining flight for a maximum distance and in a desired course and which will be simple, durable and eflicient and which may be manufactured and sold at a low cost.

With these and other objects in view this invention consists in certain novel features 'of construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described. and claimed.

For a complete understanding of my invention, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation illustrating a toy constructed in accordance with my invention.

Figure 2 is a top plan view illustrating the glider or aeroplane.

Figure 3 is an end view illustrating the same.

Figure 4 is a detail sectionalview taken on the line 4-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a side view illustrating a catapult.

Figure 6 is a top plan view illustrating the same.

Figure 7 is a side view illustrating a modified form of connecting the elastic elementto the handle of the catapult.

Figure 8 is a top plan view illustrating a modified form of my invention.

Referring in detail to the drawing, the glider or aeroplane consists of a fuselage I in the form of an elongated stock having its forward end rounded, as shown at 2, and its rear end notched, as at 3, to be engaged by an elasticelement 4 of a catapult 5. The stock I is provided with a longitudinally extending groove 0!" channel] 6 opening outwardly through the upper edge thereof to provide flexible parallel portions 1 between which is received a rudder or keel 8 constructed of any material suitable for the purpose and is adapted to maintain the fuselage on an even keel while in flight. to form spaced recemes or seats 9 in which are mounted forward and rearward planes or wings I0 and II. The plane or wing l0 forms a main 7 support for the fuselage while in flight and the wing or plane ll acts as a stabilizer. The inner walls of the seats 9 are arcuately curved while the end walls are formed on converging planes so that when the planes or wings are insertedin the seats they are disposed at a desired inclination and also frictionally contact with the walls of the recesses and are maintained against accidental ation November 5, 1 934, S erial N0; 751,6

3 Claims. .(0'1. 46550 The stock I is cut away displacement. t The wings or planes are con structed'ofanymateri'al Suitablefor'the purpose and as shown in Figure 2 are arranged trans- I versely of the fuselage. The rudder or keel 8 is capable of adjustment endwise of the stock or fuselage and if desired the parallel portions 1' of the stock may be provided with bolts or similar fasteners I2 which when adjusted will bring. about a gripping of the parallel portions I on the keel or rudder to hold the latter against accidental displacement.

Mounted in the channelv 6 forwardly of the plane or wing l0 and adjacent the front end 2 is a weight I3 acting to balance the fuselage while in flight and is capable of adjustment end-T wise of the stock, The weight may be of any desired shape and constructedof any material suitable for the purpose. Adjacent the rear end of the stock I are notches l4 to be engaged by the thumb and finger of a hand of a person while in the act of shooting the device into the air by the catapult 5. Thelatter consists of a handle I5, one edge of which is notched, as shown at I6, to form a guide andseat for the stock I, this being clearly illustrated in Figure 1. Said notched end of the handle [5 is also provided with slots I! through which the elastic element 4 is passed. The elastic element in this form is of endless construction. If desired, the elastic element may be constructed in strip formation with the ends thereof laced through spaced slots l8, as shown in Figure '7. The slots are angularly related relative to one another todefine therebetween tapered tongues IS, the faces of which cause a binding effect upon the elastic element and prevent accidental detachment of said element from the handle.

In operation, the device is positioned on the catapult 5, as shown in Figure 1, the operator gripping the handle IS in one hand and the rear end of the stock with the thumb and finger of the other hand and by exerting a pull on the stock in I a rearward directiona desired tension will be placed upon the elastic element for propelling the glider or aeroplane through the air with considerable force when the stock is released by the finger and thumb of the hand of a person. 7 Either end of the keel 8 may be flexed laterally 'of the stock in either direction for the purpose of which form the, seats 9 will permit the end portions of the keel to be moved out of the groove 6 and flexed against either side of the stock.

Having described the invention, I claim:

1. A toy aeroplane comprising an elongated stock having spaced cutaway portions to form seatsand provided with a channel opening outwardly through its upper edge and intersecting the seats, wings mounted in said seats, a semirigid keel extending into the channel and capable of manual flexation, means ior securing the keel to the stock intermediate the ends of said keel, either end of said keel being capable of flexation so as to lie either in the channel or outwardly "of the channel upon either side of the stock.

2. A toy aeroplane comprising an elongated stock having a channel opening outwardly through its upper edge and extending substantially the full length of said stock, an elongated keel mounted in said channel'and projecting outward h e r mand ext nd n s antially the length thereof, a balancing weight mounted in said channel forwardly of the keel, and wings mounted to the stock and arranged transversely thereof and in a plane below the keel and located adjacent the ends of the latter.

3. A toy aeroplane comprising an elongated stock having a channel opening outwardly through its upper edge and extending substantially the full length of said stock, an elongated keel mounted in said channel and projecting outwardly therefrom and extending substantially the full length thereof, a. balancing weight mounted in said channel forwardly of the keel, said stock having recesses forming seats each provided with an arcuately curved inner wall and angularly relat-ed end walls, and semirigid wings capable of manual fiexation transversely thereof and mounted in said seats with opposite edges thereof contacting the angularly related end walls of said seats whereby the transverse curvature of the wings andpitch thereof may be varied by adjusting said edges along said last-named walls.

' FLOYD D. JAMES., 

